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The Bondi Beach attack is inspiring Jewish pride. For our children’s sake, we need to allow our fear, too.

JL;DR SUMMARY In the wake of a brutal antisemitic attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australian Jews face the challenge of balancing pride with processing fear and mourning. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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EducationEmotional Well BeingAustraliaCommunityHanukkahJewish PrideHopeTragedyBondi Beach

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
"On the first night of Hanukkah, an unthinkable tragedy unfolded at Bondi Beach in Sydney."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Friends in Israel sent me a photo of a sign on the Tel Aviv boardwalk: From Tel Aviv Beach to Bondi Beach."

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